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Interesting - never heard the term but I've certainly seen the effect. A patient I saw not long ago was incorrectly diagnosed a year before with a rare cancer-related eye problem that virtually always leads to blindness. Turns out that not only did he not have cancer, but he didn't even have the eye problem (long story, but abnormalities in his eye of a benign nature were misdiagnosed and he was counselled about it in an abrupt manner).

Meantime while coping with that news all year, he developed depression, deconditioning, perceived progressive decrease in his vision (not confirmed on later testing) and for all practical purposes was slowly dying, in spirit if not in the flesh. The correct diagnosis led to dramatic recovery.

And a law suit against the original provider.

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As if you didn't know..If the above message contains medical content, it's NOT intended as advice, and may not be accurate, applicable or sufficient. Don't rely on it for any purpose. Consult your own doctor for all medical advice.

there was just a study out of england that anti-depressants don't work for mild depression and long term studies of children and ritalin and whatever people give their kids these days doesn't seem to work either

Kids are different today,
I hear evry mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though shes not really ill
Theres a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mothers little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day.

clifp- I heard that article on NPR this morning too. I was chuckling all the way to work. What's so amazing, besides the price-cebo effect, was that more than 61% of the group had placebo effect for pain.

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